352. Exceptionally Rare! Colt Burgess Baby Carbine. Serial #5237. Chambered in 44 WCF (44-40) Cal. Gun is Fitted with a 20” Round Barrel with Carbine Blade Front & Carbine Adj. Rear Ladder Sights. Gun Has a Gray/Brown Finish. Gun is Stocked with a Straight Grip Wood Butt Stock and Forend with Carbine Metal Butt Plate with Cleaning Rod Trapdoor. Has Original Saddle Ring. Visible Rampant Colt on Left Side of Fame. The Colt-Burgess Rifles Were Mfg. Between 1883-1885 with Only 6,403 Made in Total, of That Total 3,810 Were Rifles and 2,593 Were Carbines. Of the 2,593 Colt-Burgess Carbines Mfg. Only 972 Were Mfg. in the Baby Carbine Configuration! The Baby Carbine Variant is Most Distinctive by its Considerably Lighter Frame and Barrel with the Whole Gun Only Weighing in at 5 ½ lbs.! Incredibly Rare Find!
